half-baptism

English

Noun

half-baptism (countable and uncountable, plural half-baptisms)

  1. A short private baptism, formerly used where an infant was at risk of imminent death.
    • 1856, Richard Sims, A manual for the genealogist, topographer, antiquary, and legal professor, page 355:
      Half-baptisms are not recorded, though some clergymen make memoranda of them.
  • half-baptise, half-baptize
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